Manny’s Thoughts! No. 129

Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! This week: Big congrats to Lucas Matthysse! People were writing him off but he stole the show! Congrats also to David Lemieux! Won every round! Is Billy Joe Saunders next for the Montreal battler? Big GGG vs Canelo announcement almost makes up for terrible main event fight! Manny looking forward to a great undercard for the big June 3rd Bell Centre show from Groupe Yvon Michel! Manny Montreal’s candid message for unhappy Artur Beterbiev! Don’t miss Stipe Miocic vs JDS! Fantastic heavyweight match! Check it out:

“Beterbiev will look to unseat these names, but how willing will they be to face him? Not a large draw yet and hugely gifted, he represents the high-risk, low-reward dichotomy that has grounded so many able fighters. The challenge will be for Yvon Michel to raise Beterbiev’s profile and get him fights worthy of his talent. Thus, one of 2017’s most fascinating plots will be whether top opponents have the gall to dive into the deep end, where Beterbiev is calmly treading water.” — from “Drowning In Deep Water” by Eliott McCormick

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Montreal is The Fight City. Known in years past as "Sin City" and "Babylon on the St. Lawrence", it saw more than its share of ring legends over the decades. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. It is a city of fights and fighters, of hockey and heroes, of broken dreams and immortal glory, a city unlike any other. Montreal is The Fight City.